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New pharma supply chains, where chill control and traceability challenges will be far more critical, will emerge over the next decade, So it’s time, argues Julian Mosquera, for the industry to upgrade its capabilities.

One of the few positive notes struck in this week’s 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (held in San Francisco) was the announcement by Kevin Willsey, J.P. Morgan’s co-head of investment banking for North America, that the U.S. economy would grow 2.5 percent in 2012

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Long before the current debate on health care started, there was a different war brewing. For decades, people have been fighting over which program and plan is best: healthcare provided to government workers, military personnel or civilians?

In 2011, the patient’s clout as a stakeholder was firmly established, as reflected in several industry conferences. What’s next for the patient in 2012?

With conflicting lower court decisions over whether pharmaceutical sales reps should be paid for overtime, the Supreme Court has agreed to settle the matter. The court will hear the case brought by two former GSK reps that were denied their overtime claim by a Circuit Court.